The world by no means run out of dangerous ‘B’ films to mock, apparently, as a result of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is again for a thirteenth season, Variety has reported. Thanks to a Kickstarter marketing campaign final 12 months that raised $6.52 million, a full 13-episode season of the sequence will arrive on a devoted streaming platform referred to as Gizmoplex beginning on May sixth.
As regular, some bizarre people have been kidnapped by mad scientists (performed by Felicia Day, Patton Oswalt and Mary Jo Pehl) and are compelled to observe some horrible B-movies. To survive the method, they create companion robots to assist present a steady stream of taunting and jokes all through your entire operating size of the movies.
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This 12 months there shall be three hosts: Jonah Heston, Emily Connor, and authentic host Joel Robinson. They’ll “be compelled to endure a few of the cheesiest films ever to look on MST3K, together with our first-ever Halloween particular, our first-ever 3D film, and a vacation particular finale so large it’ll take all three hosts to riff it,” based on the staff. The B-movies on the slate embody Robot Wars, Santo within the Treasure of Dracula and The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
The present was created by Joel Hodgson and debuted in 1988. It ran for 10 seasons on Comedy Central and the Sci-Fi Channel till 1999, and was later revived by Netflix in 2017 for 2 seasons, following one other Kickstarter marketing campaign. However, Netflix declined to choose it up for a 3rd season.
The newest revival will thus air independently on a devoted MST3K platform referred to as Gizmoplex, which presents a web site and apps (iOS, Android, Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, and Amazon FireTV). It’ll premiere on May sixth with three episodes launched day by day from Friday to Sunday. After that, new episodes and one in every of 12 shorts will arrive each two weeks. The platform may also supply traditional MST3K episodes from season 1-10, and for a restricted time, they’re going to be free and ad-free.
If you need the brand new episodes, although, you will have to enroll (except you pledged help on Kickstarter). Individual episodes will price $10, a three-month move is $50, and a full season from May 22 to February 23 is $135. The latter features a digital obtain of season 13.